Veronica Hart

Veronica Hart is a former American porn star and current porn director who performed during the 1980s. She is sometimes credited as Jane Esther Hamilton, Jane Hamilton, V. Hart, Veronica Heart, Victoria Holt, Kathryn Stanleigh, Randee Styles or just Veronica. Hart is a member of the AVN Hall of Fame. Hart graduated from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas in 1979 with a degree in theatre. After graduation, she spent time in England and pursued mainstream careers in both modeling and acting. It was after an unfortunate accident with a coffee urn, which scarred one side of her body, that she decided to make adult movies, beginning in 1980 and continuing actively until 1984. Veronica Hart is best known for her performances in Amanda by Night, Roommates, and A Scent of Heather. Today, she directs, edits and produces adult films, while making occasional (non-sexual) cameos in both mainstream and adult productions. Events in her life were the inspiration for the custodial problems of character Amber Waves in Paul Thomas Anderson's 1997 golden era of porn magnum opus, Boogie Nights. Veronica went on to play a judge in the film, appearing in the scene where Amber and her husband are arguing during a custody hearing about their son. Veronica would later appear in another Paul Thomas Anderson movie, Magnolia.